I keep the bullets if they're in the book. But there are times when my Word puts in some kind of bullet in headings and try as I might I cannot get rid of it. I finally have stopped trying and hope that it just doesn't get translated or converted or if it's kept that it doesn't bother anyone. G.Cindy --- Curtis Delzer <curtis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > There are many marks in print, or "upper ASCII" > which have no Braille equivalent, since Braille did > not evolve beyond 6 dots, and 8 bit ASCII has more > combinations, though I am sure there are some marks, > not all, including the ASCII 151 character. :) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kathy Hester > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 10:53 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What about bullets in > Braille? > > > In Braille, the closest approximation to a bullet is > represented by an asterisk. They don't have > anything strictly corresponding to a bullet. > > Kathy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Devorah Greenstein > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 9:46 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] What about bullets in > Braille? > > > What about bullets? Those spots that come before a > line of text? Does Braille handle them? I think the > Braille use of three apostrophes to indicate an > ellipsis is interesting. Also, in print, ellipses > are not always periods with a space in between each. > I have seen them as three periods squeezed into a > single space, so squished that you can hardly tell > they are periods. > > > > Oh well. > > > > Still curious about bullets though. > > > > Devorah > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.8/1340 - > Release Date: 3/23/2008 6:50 PM > ***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS AVAILABLE AT http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/scanning.html Jake's site for useful links: http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.